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Greg Stiemsma (ankle) made his season debut on Tuesday, scoring four points with three rebounds, one assist, one steal and five personal fouls in just 13 minutes.

Stiemsma has been healthy for a few days, but he was given DNP-CDs the past two games. He stepped up tonight with Jonas Valanciunas sidelined after taking a shot to his nose, but Stiemsma doesn't have enough upside to pick him off the waiver wire in typical leagues. Tue, Nov 4, 2014 10:57:00 PM

Greg Stiemsma (ankle) is expected to be ready for Toronto's game on Saturday after missing the opener.

While he may some relief minutes in Saturday's game, he simply won't have enough fantasy value to be relevant in almost any leagues. You can safely ignore him on your waiver wire. Sat, Nov 1, 2014 12:17:00 PM

He doesn't have much fantasy value as he is currently buried on the Toronto depth chart. Lucas Nogueira will be activated tonight against his old team. Both players can be safely ignored in almost every league. Wed, Oct 29, 2014 11:08:00 AM

In the Raptors' version of Thunderdome, three men will enter and only one will be left standing. Only one of Stiemsma, Jordan Hamilton, and Will Cherry will make the Raptors' final roster cut on Monday and head coach Dwayne Casey said the decision will be "a good debate with the coaching staff and management." Even if Stiemsma hooks on with the Raptors, he won't provide much fantasy value as a a reserve player. Tue, Oct 21, 2014 11:15:00 AM

He doesn't have much fantasy value as he is currently buried on the Toronto depth chart. Lucas Nogueira will be activated tonight against his old team. Both players can be safely ignored in almost every league.

In the Raptors' version of Thunderdome, three men will enter and only one will be left standing. Only one of Stiemsma, Jordan Hamilton, and Will Cherry will make the Raptors' final roster cut on Monday and head coach Dwayne Casey said the decision will be "a good debate with the coaching staff and management." Even if Stiemsma hooks on with the Raptors, he won't provide much fantasy value as a a reserve player.

Greg Stiemsma did not pass the league's baseline concussion test so he will not be available for Friday's preseason game vs. the Celtics.

Stiemsma will be re-tested in 24 hours, however he's never been able to contribute a lot to the stat sheet as he boasts career averages of 3.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game. Obviously he's not on the radar in any format.

Greg Stiemsma (concussion) is still out as he goes through the concussion protocol.

The Steamer left Tuesday's game after taking a hard fall and sat out Thursday's practice as part of the concussion protocol. While this doesn't seem to be anything that will put his regular season availability in doubt, Stiemsma doesn't hold a lot of standard league fantasy value as a bench player with the Pelicans.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey said that Greg Stiemsma should be fine after taking a hard fall on Tuesday.

Stiemsma left the court under his own power but he didn't return to the game. "I think he just got the wind knocked out of him," Casey said. The Raptors are likely to perform concussion tests as a precaution, but we're considering Stiemsma day-to-day.

Greg Stiemsma walked into the Raptors' locker room under his own power after a hard fall on Tuesday, and did not return to the court.

Stiemsma looked "a bit groggy" according to beat writer Ryan Wolstat, so the Raptors likely ran some concussion tests as a precaution. The veteran big man is hoping to use his energy and pesky defense to carve out a role off the bench this season.

Stiemsma's deal will be on a one-year, $1 million contract, according to Marc Stein of ESPN. The Steamer averaged 2.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks in 18 minutes per game with the Pelicans last season and holds very little fantasy value heading into 2014-15.

Stiemsma began the season as New Orleans' starting center but he quickly proved to be ineffective, and has averaged 2.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 18 minutes per game on the season. It speaks volumes that he was replaced by Melvin Ely with two games left in the season.

Greg Stiemsma had six points on 3-of-3 FGs, three rebounds and two blocks in 29 minutes during his return to the starting lineup on Sunday.

Stiemsma was promoted due to Alexis Ajinca's lousy play more than his own abilities, and fantasy owners should avoid him unless he somehow gets hot in the coming weeks. Based on past production that's very unlikely -- he averaged a mere 1.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in six prior starts at center for New Orleans.

Alexis Ajinca hasn't played well in the starting lineup and will come off the bench. The Pelicans center spot has been a wasteland for fantasy and neither guy is on the radar in almost any league. Move along, there's nothing to see here.

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Dwane Casey said he doesn't think Terrence Ross (ankle) has reached his ceiling as a player.

"I don't think so," Casey said. "What a lot of people don't understand is that he had a lot of stuff in his ankle. He had that taken out this spring. He played through it last year. Whether that was why he took a dip defensively, I don't know. I tell everybody that he was our best defensive wing player two years ago, and we were pretty good." Casey went on to say that he expects big things out of Ross this season, and that he has also been able to start shooting again. Ross should be 100 percent by training camp, but he won't be a factor in standard leagues while DeMar DeRozan and DeMarre Carroll are healthy.